China's regulations meant that no Wi-Fi-enabled consumer devices could be sold legally in the world's most populous nation, so Apple disabled the Wi-Fi on iPhones it marketed there. But the rules have changed, and Apple and its partner, China Unicom, are moving to take advantage.

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Apple on Track to Sell iPhones With Wi-Fi in China originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Apple, China Unicom

Shares of AIG are on the move Monday after the insurer agreed to sell its Alico unit to MetLife for $15.5 billion. The deal is AIG's second major asset sale this month as it attempts to whittle down its bailout tab. Click inside to see what other news is influencing Wall Street today.

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Stocks in the News: AIG, Hewlett-Packard, McDonald's originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:43:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Investing, Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Co., Kraft Foods, Apple, American International Group, INC., McDonald's, Toyota, Yahoo, Astrazeneca, MetLife

Apple shares soared on news that its much-hyped iPad is less than a month away. But Microsoft is fighting back with Courier, a nifty-looking tablet that the software giant expects to have on the shelves in time for the holidays. Still, it'll take a lot to shake Apple's grip.

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Apple Soars on iPad Hype, But Microsoft Is Readying a Challenger originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:23:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Media, Microsoft, Apple

Your friends, family and fellow World of Warcraft guild members all say that you're pretty nerdy. But are you ultra-super-mega-nerdy enough to deserve one of the first iPads? This foolproof quiz should help you answer that question.

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Pop Quiz: Are You Nerdy Enough for iPad? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:15:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Apple

The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today:

Marvell (MRVL) reported Thursday it swung to a fourth-quarter net income of $204.8 million, or 31 cents a share, as revenue increased 64% to $843 million. On an adjusted basis, the chip maker would have earned 40 cents a share, beating analysts' estimates of 37 cents per share. Shares, however, slid nearly 5.5% in premarket...

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Stocks in the News: Marvell, Apple, TiVo originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:55:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Investing, Marvell Technology Group, Sony, Sprint Nextel Corp.

Remember when Sony was the king of the consumer electronics hill, and the Walkman was the iconic product? Well, the Japanese giant wants its crown back, and it's bringing the fight to Apple with new products intended to go head to head with the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad.

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Sony Strikes Back: New Devices Take Aim at Apple's Iconic Products originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:29:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Media, Sony, Apple

Google has responded to Apple's lawsuit against phone maker HTC with support for the maker of its smartphones. While not yet a target of Apple's litigation, Google is no doubt the intended target in a war that may yet escalate.

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Google Backs Its Handset Maker in Phone War with Apple originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:30:00.

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The big banks generally don't sue each other, but that's changing thanks to credit default swaps. Citigroup is suing Morgan Stanley for $245 million, alleging Morgan failed to make good on credit default swaps held by Citi.

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Legal Briefing: Banks Suing Banks Over Credit Default Swaps originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:35:00.

Filed Under: Columns, Economy

Investors have more M&A and economic data to digest Wednesday as Costco reports a 25% profit surge, Pfizer mulls a bid for German generic-drug maker Ratiopharm GmbH and new jobs reports offer an update on the state of the U.S. labor market.

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Stocks in the News: Costco, Pfizer, Novell originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Investing, Netflix, Pfizer, Apple, Viacom, Costco Wholesale Corp., Yahoo

Apple, the high-tech powerhouse behind the iPhone, has sued up-and-coming Taiwan-based handset maker HTC -- which makes Google's Nexus One phone -- for patent infringement. The lawsuit is an incendiary development in the deteriorating relationship between Apple and Google.

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Apple Declares War on Google Phone-Maker HTC originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:31:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Google , Apple